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*Location: Siberia 1998*
A soft whimpering was heard over the howling wind during the blizzard. A small figure was shaking violently from the freezing temperature. The figure was a small female child at least 3 years old. She had long silver hair and red eyes. She was only wearing a long black and white dress with a long fluffy black scarf. A small wolf pup was currently at her side whining softly licking at her small hand. The girl giggled softly at her friend.
“Мы найдем ее, да?” the girl said softly to the pup who only gave a small yelp in agreement.
The two continued on their way, trekking through the harsh blizzard. The girl could feel her energy slowly draining and she felt her eyes start to close. Her legs started to weaken and she fell to her knees in the snow. The wolf yelped in alarm and licked her face to try and warm her up. The girl smiled a sad smile and closed her eyes and fell face first in the snow.
“Не бойся, Akelea,” was the last thing she said before the darkness consumed her.
*Location: Unknown 2002*
“Akelea, вернись!” a child’s voice yells out.
A young gray wolf darts down the long white hallways of Laboratory X, yipping happily. A 7-year-old girl follows after the wolf laughing joyfully. Two grown males follow more slowly behind. One was a blond with bright blue eyes. The other was a brunette with green eyes. They both laughed at the girl’s excitement.
“I thought that we would get a dangerous freak of nature instead of a girl that doesn’t speak English,” the brunette male said.
“Eh, they said that she would become a real killing machine when she is older,” the blonde said.
The girl came back with the wolf in her arms. She looked at the males in confusion, not understanding what they are saying. They both look down at her a smile. She gives them a large smile back as Akelea licks her face.
“Мы будем делать больше подготовки?” she questions them as she tilts her head to the side. The males look at each other for a moment before looking at the girl who looks up at them.
“What did she say, Allen?” the brunette questioned, turning to look at him.
“I have no idea, Troy,” Allen says shaking his head slowly. The two lead the girl to a large door at the end of the hallway. Troy grabs his keys and unlocks the door and the girl skips in happily. The guards follow her in and shut the door afterward.
“ Hello, 578.1!!!” a short man said happily to the girl. “Are you ready for some games?”
“Да!” 578.1 says not realizing what ‘games’ really meant.
“Well then follow me to the room so we can have fun!” he says as he motions the girl with his hand to come forward. She does and he leads her to a large white room where he pushes her in and locks the door behind him. Akelea started to growl at the man who laughs at the wolf’s response. He then goes up to a more protected room with at least a dozen more scientists.
“Today we are going to see how 578.1 reacts to being threatened physically!” he says as the other scientists unlock a door in the room where 578.1 is. A tall man walks out into the room with the door closing behind him. The man had fiery red hair and horns on top of his head. His eyes were a glowing orange and looked a lot like dragon eyes. He narrowed his eyes at the girl and he stormed up to the glass and banged on it.
“Oi! You told me that I would be fighting a powerful being! That is a child! I will not harm a child!” The male yelled at the scientists on the other side.
“Just do it!” one of the scientists yelled back. The hybrid slowly shook his head and walked back to where he previously stood.
“Sorry kid,” the man said as he took a deep breath.
“Дракон?” the girl questions him, frightened from all the yelling.
The male breathed out and flames sprouted from his mouth. 578.1 yelps as she is engulfed in flames. Troy freaks out and turns to the head scientist.
“What did you do to her?” he yelled fuming with anger. The scientist only laughed sadistically and motioned towards the glass.
“Just wait,” he said.
Just as the fire cleared away everyone heard something like a roar. A giant mass of fur rose up and shot straight at the dragon hybrid. It lunged for his head and bit down hard. A sickening crunch was heard throughout the entire room. The beast-which can now be seen as a tiger violently shook the body back and forth and let it go so it could hit the wall.
“That my friends are 578.1!” the same scientist said laughing. “She is a shapeshifter!” the other scientists cheered while the guards just look shocked. The head scientist went over to the intercom, which was connected to the testing room, and turned it on.
“Well, 578.1 it l-” the scientist was cut off as the tiger jumped up and broke the intercom with its claws. It bared its teeth and paced back and forth slowly with its head shooting from left to right. Staying alert for any danger.
“Maybe we should let it cool down for a little bit,” one scientist said.
“Uh, sure, good idea! I'm glad I thought of it!” the head said and the scientists broke off into a couple groups to talk with each other. The scientist that had actually thought of that grumbled a bit but didn’t say anything. Just glared at the head scientist.
Meanwhile, in the testing room, 578.1 was still pacing while thoughts raced through her head. I didn’t do anything! What did I do to him? What d-wait I can think in English! She thought as she slowly shifted back into a human. Akelea jumped up on her licking the blood off her face. 578.1 giggles at the wolf and pets him while she feels the new information sink into her 7-year-old mind.
After the girl had finally cooled down her guards led her back down the white hallway to her room. She skipped ahead a by a little and was trying to get used to the new language.
This is so weird! She thought. I never thought that I would be able to think in English!
When they got to the door, to 578.1’s room, Allen unlocked the door while Troy gently pushed the girl and Akelea into the room. The guards waved goodbye to the Russian girl.
“Bye 578.1!” Troy said. “See ya tomorrow!!” and with that, they left.